Detroit Tigers manager Brad Ausmus would like to see him in the lineup -- and the field -- sometime soon. Ausmus was asked if Iglesias was pushing the deadline to get back in action if he hopes to play on opening day.

The Tigers expected Iglesias to miss about a week of action when his recurring shin issues popped up. He is at two weeks and counting. Ausmus said 50 at-bats is a good target number for a player to get ready for the season.

"Ideally, you'd like to get him in the neighborhood of 50," Ausmus said.
"With that being said, we could send him over to minor league camp and
have him lead off every inning for five straight innings. But ideally
right around 50. It's not necessarily a hard number, but it's kind of a
ballpark figure. …

"He certainly needs at-bats and, how many does he have now? Four? He's got four at-bats. Four's definitely not enough."

Iglesias had two at-bats Feb. 25 in the exhibition game against Florida Southern College, then had two more in the Grapefruit League opener against the Atlanta Braves and has not played since. He has been taking batting practice for several days but just started taking infield and doing a bit of running in the past couple days.

In addition to getting ample time in the batter's box, Iglesias needs time in the field to work with newly acquired second baseman Ian Kinsler."The sooner Iglesias is able to play the better it is, not just for him, but for the team in general," Ausmus said. "Part of that is so he and Ian can work together, because it does take a little bit of time. Now, I'm not saying it takes a season. At this point, they're going to be learning each other into the season even if he started playing today."